Combined thill-support and anti-rattler



(No Model.)

B. P. WOODRUPP. COMBINED THILL SUPPORT AND ANTI-RATTLER.

No. 470,613. Patented MarfB, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDGAR Ff WOODRIIFF, OF HARTWELL, OHIO.

COMBINED THlLL-SUPPORT AND ANTl-RATTLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,613, dated March 8, 1892. Application filed June 15, 1891. Serial No, 396,323, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR F. WOODRUFF, of Hartwell, in the county of Hamilton and- State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Thill-Supporter and Anti-Rattler, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan View of my combined thill-supporter and anti-rattler; Fig. 2, the same, showing the thill anti-rattler in operative position; and Fig. 3, a perspective view of the clip-yoke.

My invention relates to improvements in combined thill-supporters and anti-rattlers; and its object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and reliable device whereby vehiclethills may be upheldin an elevated position when desired, easily released when required, and when in use made secure against the usual tendency to rattle in the coupling.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates an axle having a thill B attached thereto in the usual manner by a shackle or coupling 0; The yoke of the axle clip D is extended forward and provided at the ends with lugs (1, adapted -to retain the curved spring E, which is suitably attached to the under side and near the rear end of the thill and has on its free endaniche F, which, when the thill is elevated, engages the front end of the clip-yoke. The tension of the curved spring is so regulated that, While the thill is securely supported in perpendicular position, it requires but little force to draw it forward with the hand and release it.- When the thill is in operative position, as shown in Fig. 2, it will be observed that the body'of the spring continues to bear against the front end of the clip-yoke. The thill is thus drawn forward in the coupling, the parts are kept in close contact, and noisy vibrations prevented.

The various advantages of the device are manifest. The thills are easily placed in a safe position instead of being allowed to lie with their ends upon the ground, where they occupy space whichis desirable for other purposes and are at the same time exposed to injury from various sources.

What I claim as new is i In a combined thill-supporter and anti'rattler, the combination of the axle and thillcoupling of a vehicle with the herein-described curved spring attached to the thill and having on its free end the niche F, and the axleclip having a forwardly-extended yoke provided with lugs adapted to engage the curved spring, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of June, 1891, in the presence of Witnesses.

' EDGAR F. WVOODRUFF. I

Witnesses:

ROBERT KIRK, R. S. MILLAR. 

